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this year west philadelphia was one of only three cities named a promise zone. the white house created the designation to drive development and today pennsylvania senator bob casey announced a new plan that would aid redevelopment further by adding employment tax credits and investment right offs for local businesses in promise zones. >> crook steals more than 500 thus san dollars and police say his victim led him right into his house. >> the story police say he gave the woman that made her open up the door in the first place. >> plus, a contractor already accused of ripping off his victims for more than $1.6 million so tonight new charges. the reason the latest alleged victim came forward. >> you've gone to a baseball game. you watched the games on tv. you think you've seen it all. a batting practice moment i'll bet you haven't seen is coming up flatted sports g coming up tonight at 10, a man is accused of harassing couple because he believed their car was a spaceship and the driver an alien. what police say was behind his outrageous paranoia. ♪ >> the united
this year west philadelphia was one of only three cities named a promise zone. the white house created the designation to drive development and today pennsylvania senator bob casey announced a new plan that would aid redevelopment further by adding employment tax credits and investment right offs for local businesses in promise zones. >> crook steals more than 500 thus san dollars and police say his victim led him right into his house. >> the story police say he gave the woman that...
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philadelphia resident vincent erie died in the accident. so far there have been no arrests. >> really unbelievable video. a motorcyclist slamming into a car at a florida intersection. the impact flipping him into the air and miraculously he gets right back on to his feet. we first showed you the clip last night and now fox's evan axle ban talks to the man who says he's lucky to be alive. >> without the video you'd never believe michael smith's story. >> yeah, yeah, he said he flipped. wahoo. but now that you can actually see the footage, d a.m. n was he was saying was the truth. i could honestly be dead. >> may 24th he was headed up belcher at on a motorcycle like this. he says the light was yellow. but alex hall thought it was red and made a left. >> i had to brace for impact i knew there was no way i was dodging it. there's no laying down the bike. none of them. >> reporter: impact and lift off. >> i felt like more fee yows off from the matrix. >> you were in the air and what were you thinkingly. i was upside down and i had my shades on.
philadelphia resident vincent erie died in the accident. so far there have been no arrests. >> really unbelievable video. a motorcyclist slamming into a car at a florida intersection. the impact flipping him into the air and miraculously he gets right back on to his feet. we first showed you the clip last night and now fox's evan axle ban talks to the man who says he's lucky to be alive. >> without the video you'd never believe michael smith's story. >> yeah, yeah, he said he...
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. >> good morning, philadelphia. >> i love this. >> we have a 5k run tomorrow, what is going on. >> we are down at navy yard tomorrow morning, live from the hero network. we are seeing technology platform behind the super run. we are open for registration. walk ins welcome. visit super run philly.com. it is a kid friendly event. batman and i will be out there all morning, registration opens up at 8:30, run starts at 10:00 o'clock, all of the fun starts 8:30 or 9:00. bring the whole family. >> everyone that signs up they get a cake. >> everyone gets a tape no t-shirts for normal charity events. are everyone gets a cape. this is benefiting 13 philadelphia charities. >> thanks, batman for coming by. >> your he welcome, glad to be here and boy wonder, well stated. >> i will do this in my batman voice. i feel leak hulk hogan. a lot of stuff this weekend, brother. we have the super run this weekend. we also have the solstice in the city, that is going on this weekend at the kimmel center, and manayunk arts festival going on saturday and sunday on main street and summer fest craft beer and mu
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comfortable morning. 67 degrees in philadelphia light breeze out of the north. eighty-four is our high with sunny skies and that low humidity stays with us all day, tonight we are down to 64 degrees, a very comfortable night tonight. that is your weather authority forecast. seven day coming up in four minutes after 8:00 o'clock. >>> i was just looking on twitter here, people responding to why don't you go out to the revel casino, such a big, beautiful building. >> what are people saying. >> for some reason they don't want to go that extra down the road. >> right in the mid. >> a lot of people say, steve too, we're talking about because they are getting out of bankruptcy. this thing will shut down by the end of the summer. maybe too fancy. people just want to go in, pull slot machines and smoke and not into the night clubbing and stuff like that, what do you think. >> reporter: we just had a high roller coming out a viewer from barnegat and had a role of hundred dollars bills. don't flash that around here. they don't cater to the gamblers that came in and wanted
comfortable morning. 67 degrees in philadelphia light breeze out of the north. eighty-four is our high with sunny skies and that low humidity stays with us all day, tonight we are down to 64 degrees, a very comfortable night tonight. that is your weather authority forecast. seven day coming up in four minutes after 8:00 o'clock. >>> i was just looking on twitter here, people responding to why don't you go out to the revel casino, such a big, beautiful building. >> what are people...
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fox heading in south philadelphia, oregon avenue closed at second street. we have a bad water main break there police directing traffic from the scene. packer avenue is your alternate. ferry avenue closed atlantic to jackson street for fire activity, south broadway is the alternate, jenny and karen. >>> sky fox is over breaking news in south philadelphia, a water main break causing problems at second and oregon avenue. taking a look now, you can sea water is coming out. sky fox just arriving on the scene, we are continuing to gather information, we will bring you updates as we get them. >> staying on top of the detours, and this is more breaking news from camden, this is a live look, the scene is the 1400 block of ferry avenue, this fire broke out in the warehouse about 4:00 o'clock this morning. it has been two hours. we don't know what caused this fire, there were no injuries. >>> there was a number of other fires, one in king of prussia that forced 150 people hotel guests to get out of their rooms. this happened just about four hours ago. investigators s
fox heading in south philadelphia, oregon avenue closed at second street. we have a bad water main break there police directing traffic from the scene. packer avenue is your alternate. ferry avenue closed atlantic to jackson street for fire activity, south broadway is the alternate, jenny and karen. >>> sky fox is over breaking news in south philadelphia, a water main break causing problems at second and oregon avenue. taking a look now, you can sea water is coming out. sky fox just...
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police are warning people living in south philadelphia. investigators say a man wearing a hard hat told a senior citizen, older woman 81 years old that her home on the 1900 block of tenth street had a gas main break. she was concern, let them in but she got suspicious and she heard footsteps upstairs. the the imposters took off after she got savvy, picks up the even if and lies saying she was having ailing heart attack. there was only a radio. >> i know lady across the street that it happened too. i think, you know, guys like that, they pray on the older people, because they are cowards. >> they are cowards. >> police recommend don't let anybody in your house without an appointment. show them id. anybody that is speaksed to be there will have have id on them. >>> topping national news president obama announced he is sending up to 300 military advisor to iraq as sunni fighters gain ground, the president says they will work with the iraqi army to coordinate intelligence and training. >> the the best and most effective response to a threat li
police are warning people living in south philadelphia. investigators say a man wearing a hard hat told a senior citizen, older woman 81 years old that her home on the 1900 block of tenth street had a gas main break. she was concern, let them in but she got suspicious and she heard footsteps upstairs. the the imposters took off after she got savvy, picks up the even if and lies saying she was having ailing heart attack. there was only a radio. >> i know lady across the street that it...
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first event will happen this afternoon at a center in the park, in philadelphia. that is right over on germantown avenue. the give away will begin at 12:30. you need a fan, head over and get your fan at 2:30. >>> it is absolutely, mother nature, provided the fan for us, today. because it is a very refreshing morning out there, so if you have not gone outside yet, that is your preview of coming attractions. we have 66 degrees, average temperature walking out the door in the city, it is in the 50's in the suburbs. it is cooler, comfortable. we will have low humidity and plenty of sunshine, remember how it was over the weekend, saturday and sunday especially sunday. well, that is what this fantastic friday is like, it is also last day of spring, so kind of a springy feel and very seasonal temperatures with sunset time at 8:33. kacie? >>> we will talk about the manayunk arts festival, cotton street completely shut down, starting 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning until 6:00 p.m. sunday. we will have more on that and all of your events this weekend in a little bit, jenny. >>>
first event will happen this afternoon at a center in the park, in philadelphia. that is right over on germantown avenue. the give away will begin at 12:30. you need a fan, head over and get your fan at 2:30. >>> it is absolutely, mother nature, provided the fan for us, today. because it is a very refreshing morning out there, so if you have not gone outside yet, that is your preview of coming attractions. we have 66 degrees, average temperature walking out the door in the city, it is...
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>> is philadelphia about to ease up on penalty for pot? the big vote just handed down and what's next. >> your favorite super heroes are town. some you've never seen. we'll take you inside one of the wildest >> fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. >> right now at 10:00 crime scene tape surrounds a schoolbus after 16 year old girl is slashed in the face. the violent confrontation on board that's rattling local students. >>> and a wild crash you've got to see to believe. a motorcyclist is sent flying through the air but walks away unhurt. what happened to the driver who hit him. >> but first happening right now, a warning for south philadelphia neighbors. be suspicious of a knock at your door. good evening, i'm dawn timmeney. >>> i'm iain page. thieves are posing as utility workers to get inside homes. fox 29's drew dickman is live in south philly to night where an elderly woman managed to scare those guys a way. drew? >> reporter: iain the 81 year old victim didn't want to talk to us tonight. she's still shaken
>> is philadelphia about to ease up on penalty for pot? the big vote just handed down and what's next. >> your favorite super heroes are town. some you've never seen. we'll take you inside one of the wildest >> fox 29 news in hd brought to you by xfinity the future of awesome. >> right now at 10:00 crime scene tape surrounds a schoolbus after 16 year old girl is slashed in the face. the violent confrontation on board that's rattling local students. >>> and a...
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here's a live look in old city in philadelphia. changes are coming. chief meteorologist scott williams is back now with the forecast. >> we're looking at drier conditions across our area as well as cooler temperatures. saying goodbye to the 90s. many locations right now in the 70s. so about 20 degrees cooler than the same time yesterday. ultimate doppler showing the frontal boundary bringing with it our changes. winds shivving behind it out of the north. so that's pushing all of the heat and humidity out of here. look at the satellite and radar. you can see the cloud cover it's diminishing. sunshine a lot of places looking at a nice sunset across our area. as we roll the clock you can see the rain and cloud cover. it really rapidly diminishes across our are a. we'll see some cooling conditions during the overnight with those winds coming in out of the north. some locations will chl actually dip into the 50s by your friday morning. so leftover shower early. clearing skies. looking pretty good. if you're stepping outdoors maybe headed tonight market thi
here's a live look in old city in philadelphia. changes are coming. chief meteorologist scott williams is back now with the forecast. >> we're looking at drier conditions across our area as well as cooler temperatures. saying goodbye to the 90s. many locations right now in the 70s. so about 20 degrees cooler than the same time yesterday. ultimate doppler showing the frontal boundary bringing with it our changes. winds shivving behind it out of the north. so that's pushing all of the heat...
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almost 20 degrees colder right now in philadelphia. but also look, the sun, it's making a come back across our area. so if you are stepping outdoors, looking pretty good for the remainder of your thursday evening across our area. as we look at ultimate doppler, here the culprit. a front. it's moving to the south pushing the heat, the humidity out of here. we have leftover showers right now as we zoom in, you can see in particular down the shore but most of that activity it's moving out of here as well. so as we move into your evening, cloud cover decreases and the humidity, it's going to be going down as we move into the overnight. also, turning a little cool temperatures could drop into the 50s for the suburbs much as we roll the clock, left over showers early this evening. but look, by 8:00 o'clock, we're looking at clearing skies, pretty much area wide. and yeah, by 10:00 o'clock we're looking at clear skies and that cooler air will be rushing in. so what to expect. stepping it course a leftover early shower. otherwise those skies c
almost 20 degrees colder right now in philadelphia. but also look, the sun, it's making a come back across our area. so if you are stepping outdoors, looking pretty good for the remainder of your thursday evening across our area. as we look at ultimate doppler, here the culprit. a front. it's moving to the south pushing the heat, the humidity out of here. we have leftover showers right now as we zoom in, you can see in particular down the shore but most of that activity it's moving out of here...
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so philadelphia here we are, july 8th is the official grand opening for the public. that's when you can come on down. you need to spend few days just doing, just doing this. >> it looks great. >> err, being thank you so much. >> eric can you sends me abut err beer please? >> say hi to lauren for me, please. >> and butter beer ice cream, too. >> oh, i can't stands it. >> we love lauren. >> we do, bye, thank you. >>> cool. >> absolutely. >> as many of you know, the fire fly music festival in dover, delaware, begins today, 70,000 people are headed there, so let's check out the traffic, caste? >> all right. out there, get away, you can see the parking lots are pretty full right now. than is a live shot of the dover speedway right now. and you can see, everyone, look, a rv head in the there right now. he said, yes, this is what will happen t did open up last night for people to start camping, see all of the tents pitched. >> this looks cool. so expect a lot of extra volume on routes one and 13, also, some of the dart buses, are going to be delay ridden this weekend, but a
so philadelphia here we are, july 8th is the official grand opening for the public. that's when you can come on down. you need to spend few days just doing, just doing this. >> it looks great. >> err, being thank you so much. >> eric can you sends me abut err beer please? >> say hi to lauren for me, please. >> and butter beer ice cream, too. >> oh, i can't stands it. >> we love lauren. >> we do, bye, thank you. >>> cool. >>...
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philadelphia's own david, on good day this morning. he's here, for wizard word concept. >> that's what you are talking about, right? >> how his life has changed since the show bones right here on fox. >> and good day everyone, 8:01. >> thank you. >> talk all about that coming up. >> hear from new york when he was seven years old. >> right. >> loved all of the phillies sports teens we'll get into that. now what about the weather already had our weather drama for the overnight hours. plus side, not as hot as yesterday. won't be in the 90s, storm storms overnight gone, more could pop up later on, otherwise, cloudy, with showers, and it is still casino of muggy out there. so, bus stop buddy, on the last day of school, for philadelphia public school student, 60s, 70s, at the bus stop, umbrella, you are going to need it at some point today. because more showers are on the way. ultimate doppler has rain around, nothing at the moment, but coming back, slight risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon south of the city. 74 degrees, muggy in th
philadelphia's own david, on good day this morning. he's here, for wizard word concept. >> that's what you are talking about, right? >> how his life has changed since the show bones right here on fox. >> and good day everyone, 8:01. >> thank you. >> talk all about that coming up. >> hear from new york when he was seven years old. >> right. >> loved all of the phillies sports teens we'll get into that. now what about the weather already had our...
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so if you missed all of that, you may get a chance again later on in the day, if you're south of philadelphia, say, in delaware, maybe even at the jersey shore, when some more storms could pop up later on in the day. so we go with a five today. it will not be as hot as it was, that's a plus, the strong storms interest this morning are gone, but the minus, well, cloud which showers, still humid, and some thunderstorms popping up late in the day. here is bus stop buddy with the rain gear. have it nearby. it won't be rain raining as much as it was, but stray shower possible this morning, step ups in the 60s, 70s, little better than it was. we are watching some rain that pulled off shore, there is some to our north, and there is rain to our west. that's the area that we're watching closely right now. moving through hagerstown, will it hold to go, make it through over area? we'll see over the next couple of hours, we're here until ten. >> 84% relative humidity, a lot of crowds cover, 69 degrees, in trenton, and 71 in wilmington, 63 in the mountains, and these are cooler temperatures, at least, tha
so if you missed all of that, you may get a chance again later on in the day, if you're south of philadelphia, say, in delaware, maybe even at the jersey shore, when some more storms could pop up later on in the day. so we go with a five today. it will not be as hot as it was, that's a plus, the strong storms interest this morning are gone, but the minus, well, cloud which showers, still humid, and some thunderstorms popping up late in the day. here is bus stop buddy with the rain gear. have it...
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but no rain showing up at the moment in philadelphia. just a little bit around the delaware beaches, at the moment, this morning. now, later on today, there is a risk of severe thunderstorms, most of them in delaware, and maybe at the jersey shore, along the delaware bay there, the future cast shows scattered shower, throughout the rest of the morning, maybe some sunshine to our south. that is why we expect the severe storms, because was build up of hotter temperatures, and some sunshine, they could get the storms. we will probably just get storms 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the afternoon, have the umbrella nearby, be ready for storms if you are in southern delaware, southern new jersey, then get ready for clearing, overnight. we'll get all of those words in, all of the sentences coming up. 73 degrees in philadelphia ride now, headed to high of 81 today, 83 tomorrow, and looking a lot better for saturday. mix of sun and clouds, and the slight risk every thunderstorm. but it looks like most of the day should be largely dry. and same for sunday, n
but no rain showing up at the moment in philadelphia. just a little bit around the delaware beaches, at the moment, this morning. now, later on today, there is a risk of severe thunderstorms, most of them in delaware, and maybe at the jersey shore, along the delaware bay there, the future cast shows scattered shower, throughout the rest of the morning, maybe some sunshine to our south. that is why we expect the severe storms, because was build up of hotter temperatures, and some sunshine, they...
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against the sale of the philadelphia gas works. pgw. the utility workers union of america, local 686 is protesting the proposed sale of pgw to uil holding corporation. opponent of the sale say philadelphia will be one of its largest asset. the sale could net more than $1.8 billion for the sit, with city council recess starting tomorrow, time's running out. uil can walk away from the deal on july 15th if not approved. >> the man charged in what's become a notorious crime in our area involving swiss cheese, scheduled to face the judge today. christopher arrested in january, here is a picture of him being arrested, at his home, he was charged with stalking, indecent exposure, harrassment, open lewdness, for allegedly harassing four different women. police say the 41 year old drove up to women in the city's mayfair section, asked them to watch him perform sexual acts with the swiss cheese, scheduled for status hearing today. >> let's turn to the crisis in iraq. as it grows this morning, even though it is a world away, it could hurt us back
against the sale of the philadelphia gas works. pgw. the utility workers union of america, local 686 is protesting the proposed sale of pgw to uil holding corporation. opponent of the sale say philadelphia will be one of its largest asset. the sale could net more than $1.8 billion for the sit, with city council recess starting tomorrow, time's running out. uil can walk away from the deal on july 15th if not approved. >> the man charged in what's become a notorious crime in our area...
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now philadelphia da seth williams is taking the case to a grand jury. attorney general kane shut down the program in part because it was -- probe in part because it was racially tainted. a grand jury will take a look at it. >> this isn't going to be out there floating. the public needs to know that something will be done. the attorney general had no comment district attorney williams hinted the probe could inn stir more politicians. he's heard some of the recordings being held as evidence and he says they are convincing. >> a judge dismisses rape and sex assault charges against four montgomery county gop chair men robert kearns. pa attorney general nounsing the charges in april. the montgomery county district attorney dropped their case the month before because their office miss interpreted lab results in the case. the 66 year old had been accused of drugging and raping a woman. he's still facing two aggravated assault charges. >> a defrocked united methodist pastor from pennsylvania is fighting to get his title back. frank schaeffer lost his job for of
now philadelphia da seth williams is taking the case to a grand jury. attorney general kane shut down the program in part because it was -- probe in part because it was racially tainted. a grand jury will take a look at it. >> this isn't going to be out there floating. the public needs to know that something will be done. the attorney general had no comment district attorney williams hinted the probe could inn stir more politicians. he's heard some of the recordings being held as evidence...
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northeast philadelphia. that's where a 15 year old boy is safe tonight after a terrifying experience. police found him after an abduction and home invasion. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm dawn timmeney. >>> i'm iain page. investigators are still piecing together clues at this hour. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in northeast philadelphia tonight with the latest. shawnette? >> reporter: well, detectives just brought the 15 year old home moments ago. his father says they may have been targeted. he says the family owns several businesses and the suspects may have known they had cash inside. >> they came in. they had guns. they pulled us down. they asked us for the money. jewelry. >> reporter: just as christian was speaking out about the home invasion and kidnapping of his 15 year old son police returned the boy home. they say around 2:00 o'clock the boy called his father to say he was coming home but then there was a knock at the door of the house on ferndale street in the northeast. two men wit
northeast philadelphia. that's where a 15 year old boy is safe tonight after a terrifying experience. police found him after an abduction and home invasion. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm dawn timmeney. >>> i'm iain page. investigators are still piecing together clues at this hour. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in northeast philadelphia tonight with the latest. shawnette? >> reporter: well, detectives just brought the 15 year old home moments ago. his father says...
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breaking news in northeast philadelphia. that's where a 15 year old boy is safe tonight after a terrifying experience. police found him after an abduction and home invasion. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm dawn timmeney. >>> i'm iain page. investigators are still piecing together clues at this hour. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in northeast philadelphia tonight with the latest. shawnette? >> reporter: well, detectives just brought the 15 year old home moments ago. his father says they may have been targeted. he says the family owns several businesses and the suspects may have known they had cash inside. >> they came in. they had guns. they pulled us down. they asked us for the money. jewelry. >> reporter: just as christian was speaking out about the home invasion and kidnapping of his 15 year old son police returned the boy home. they say around 2:00 o'clock the boy called his father to say he was coming home but then there was a knock at the door of the house on ferndale street in the northeast. two men wit
breaking news in northeast philadelphia. that's where a 15 year old boy is safe tonight after a terrifying experience. police found him after an abduction and home invasion. good evening and thanks for joining us. i'm dawn timmeney. >>> i'm iain page. investigators are still piecing together clues at this hour. fox 29's shawnette wilson is live in northeast philadelphia tonight with the latest. shawnette? >> reporter: well, detectives just brought the 15 year old home moments...
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welcome to philadelphia. >> thank you very much. good morning. >> just so you know we will get that out of the way so new we will continue with the interview. >> robert, this is quite a transformation from you, were you trying to break away from the edward cullen role of the twilight series here. >> not really, i mean it was something that people accept you for something thaw look completely different to what they are used to seeing you as but i really wanted to work on this film and guy, obviously and the director and the script was fantastic. it was an easy decision to make. >> is this a downer, we had economic collapse and whole thing is somebody stole your car. >> yeah, i mean, that is right, it is set in a very kind of pretty dark, it is set in a world that i suppose we could relate to if we look at the the financial collapse in 2008, you know, just imagine ten or 20 years after something like that and world around you has kind of changed and this character that i play has one thing left to do in his life and in that car and th
welcome to philadelphia. >> thank you very much. good morning. >> just so you know we will get that out of the way so new we will continue with the interview. >> robert, this is quite a transformation from you, were you trying to break away from the edward cullen role of the twilight series here. >> not really, i mean it was something that people accept you for something thaw look completely different to what they are used to seeing you as but i really wanted to work on...
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in philadelphia. it is 80 in wilmington. it is 82 in millville. eighty-one in atlantic city. 70 degrees, already, even up in the mountains, where you usually go to cool off. so our forecasted high 95, the records, for today's date, june 18th, 96 degrees, it was setback in 1957. we'll see if it is still standing by the end of the day today. we will have a heat advisory, for the rest of the day, once noon gets here. and that's because we're expecting it to feel like it is in the upper 90s, and it is most of the urban counties, that are experiencing that heat advisory, for today. so, again, it is not a day to over exert yourself outside. specially if you have health issues. 95 degrees today, 84 tomorrow. strong thunderstorms moving through. friday looks like the best weather day out of the next seven, because it should be dry, it should be low humidity on friday, and temperatures down in the lower 80s, temperatures are okay, over the weekend, but we expect thunderstorms, at some point, on saturday. and maybe on sunday night. not a wash out but less t
in philadelphia. it is 80 in wilmington. it is 82 in millville. eighty-one in atlantic city. 70 degrees, already, even up in the mountains, where you usually go to cool off. so our forecasted high 95, the records, for today's date, june 18th, 96 degrees, it was setback in 1957. we'll see if it is still standing by the end of the day today. we will have a heat advisory, for the rest of the day, once noon gets here. and that's because we're expecting it to feel like it is in the upper 90s, and it...
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meantime fox 29 has learned philadelphia district attorney seth williams will hold a press conference later this morning, where he'll make an announcement on the controversial sting that ensnared four area legislators and former traffic court judge. this is the controversial case as you well know that exploded in bold headlines earlier this year, when it was revealed attorney general kathleen cain drained to prague cute and former judge despite recordings of them allegedly taking cash and gifts. cane argues the investigation racially tainted and poorly done. she eventually turned the entire case over to philadelphia da, seth williams, who will speak publicly about it later this morning. of course we will be there. >>> a barajas been spotted once again, roaming around mt. laurel, in burlington county. this words comes as we got this new video, from one of our viewers, thanks for sending it, debbie. she recorded this bear in the backyard. lots of people who live there are little nervous, they would like to have that bear moved. state wildlife officials say there is really nothing they c
meantime fox 29 has learned philadelphia district attorney seth williams will hold a press conference later this morning, where he'll make an announcement on the controversial sting that ensnared four area legislators and former traffic court judge. this is the controversial case as you well know that exploded in bold headlines earlier this year, when it was revealed attorney general kathleen cain drained to prague cute and former judge despite recordings of them allegedly taking cash and...
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. >> the wine school of philadelphia director keith wallace says he's only red about this happening in history books. >> this is shocking. because the last time i have heard about this was in the 1800s cents. >> the pennsylvania liquor control board took the it italian sparkling wine off the shelves, in 180 stores across the state. spokesperson says the cork pops and the glass shatters when they explode. so far, there are only reports of bursting bottles and fine wine and good spirits stores. but they don't want to take any chances. >> dangerous, that can be life threatening. i mean, this is shards of glass coming at you at, you know, 50 miles an hour. >> the boards says they are looking into why the bub bridge keeps bursting, says storage temperature could be one of the reasons the booth that is retail for 12.99 are breaking. >> they put just little too much pressure into that bottle. and then the glass is just weak enough, that puppy can explode. >> if you have one of these bottles at home the liquor control board is asking to you throw it away immediately, and not bring it back to t
. >> the wine school of philadelphia director keith wallace says he's only red about this happening in history books. >> this is shocking. because the last time i have heard about this was in the 1800s cents. >> the pennsylvania liquor control board took the it italian sparkling wine off the shelves, in 180 stores across the state. spokesperson says the cork pops and the glass shatters when they explode. so far, there are only reports of bursting bottles and fine wine and good...
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we're at 80 degrees in philadelphia right now. seventy-nine in wilmington, 70 degrees in mount pocono, it is a muggy, muggy morning. we're headed to high in the mid 90s today, the record for today, is 96. we're going to get close to it. eighty-four tomorrow. some strong storms, moving through, during the middle of the day, and then, friday, we dry out, we get some low humidity in here. with 82 degrees, so, friday, looks like the peak weather day of the week. it is still looking bit sunset recalled over the weaken, saturday first day of summer, 78 degrees, possibility of some pop up thunderstorms, then, sunday, looks dry, during the day, the thunderstorms don't come until nighttime. at least that's the way it looks right now, maybe lasting into monday morning. that is your seven day forecast, from the weather authority. ready to sweat, caste? >> oh, i guess. all right, thank up, sue. always freezing in the studio, that's fine. looking at all of the majors, everything looks great today. as we head down to cape may courthouse, route
we're at 80 degrees in philadelphia right now. seventy-nine in wilmington, 70 degrees in mount pocono, it is a muggy, muggy morning. we're headed to high in the mid 90s today, the record for today, is 96. we're going to get close to it. eighty-four tomorrow. some strong storms, moving through, during the middle of the day, and then, friday, we dry out, we get some low humidity in here. with 82 degrees, so, friday, looks like the peak weather day of the week. it is still looking bit sunset...
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drexel purchased university city high school in west philadelphia. now, the deal next cash straps school district more than $21 million. now, approval of the rezoning of the site is expected tomorrow. >>> wine lovers take note. cases of proseco have been taken off the shelves in pennsylvania after several reports they've been exploding. the pennsylvania liquor control board sales the glass shatters and the cork pops when the bottles of the 2013 indigenous elections proseco explode. so far, only reports of bursting bottles in fine wine and good spirits stores but they dent want to take any chances. the board is looking into why the bubbly keeps bussing. director of the wine school of philadelphia says maybe the storage temperatures that could be one of the reasons the bottles are breaking. >> put little too much pressure into the bottle, and then the glass is just weak enough, that puppy can explode. >> if you have one of these bottles at home, the liquor control board is asking to you throw it out immediately, and don't bring it back to the store whe
drexel purchased university city high school in west philadelphia. now, the deal next cash straps school district more than $21 million. now, approval of the rezoning of the site is expected tomorrow. >>> wine lovers take note. cases of proseco have been taken off the shelves in pennsylvania after several reports they've been exploding. the pennsylvania liquor control board sales the glass shatters and the cork pops when the bottles of the 2013 indigenous elections proseco explode. so...
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by midnight we're talking 81 degrees in philadelphia. and then watch what happens tomorrow morning at 7:00 o'clo 7:00 o'clock. already approaching near 80 degrees. by lunch time, yeah, we'll be in the 90-degree range and temperatures will get even hotter than that tomorrow afternoon. so overnight, increasing humidity. the first half of the day tomorrow a muggy start. a rapid rise in temperatures and that heat advisory kicks in the second half of the day. coming up we'll track the threat for some strong to potentially severe storms as well. >> all right. scott, thank you. >>> developing to night, sadness after a freak accident turns deadly in delaware. skyfox over the scene on route 13 in wilmington manor after a chain reaction crash sends an suv flying into a man on lawnmower. fox 29's sabina kuriakose is live along route 13 with the accident tonight with new information. sabina? >> reporter: iain tonight we know two people were killed in this freak accident. both of them young men in their 20s and a co-worker of one of the men says the
by midnight we're talking 81 degrees in philadelphia. and then watch what happens tomorrow morning at 7:00 o'clo 7:00 o'clock. already approaching near 80 degrees. by lunch time, yeah, we'll be in the 90-degree range and temperatures will get even hotter than that tomorrow afternoon. so overnight, increasing humidity. the first half of the day tomorrow a muggy start. a rapid rise in temperatures and that heat advisory kicks in the second half of the day. coming up we'll track the threat for...
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. >>> captured on surveillance video, terrifying moments for an employees at a store in philadelphia's oxford circle section. a robbery last week at the foot action in the roosevelt mall on cottman avenue. the robber forcing the employees at gun point to give him cash and he didn't stop there. >> tonight the search is on to find that man. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at northeast detectives tonight with more on this story. dave. >> reporter: dawn, police tonight still searching for that suspect heavily armed suspect at this point. but they continue at this point to look for more clues that might lead them there. this daring robbery took place just a few hundred feet away from a police substation right in the heart of the roosevelt mall. police have stepped up foot paroles at the roosevelt mall off cottman after a gun toting suspect was caught on tape as pulled off a daring daylight robbery at this foot action and made off with thousands of dollars in merchandise and cash. >> he got more clothing than cash. >> i look around everywhere i go. you never know. you got to be careful. >
. >>> captured on surveillance video, terrifying moments for an employees at a store in philadelphia's oxford circle section. a robbery last week at the foot action in the roosevelt mall on cottman avenue. the robber forcing the employees at gun point to give him cash and he didn't stop there. >> tonight the search is on to find that man. fox 29's dave schratwieser is live at northeast detectives tonight with more on this story. dave. >> reporter: dawn, police tonight still...
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drexel purchasing university city high school in west philadelphia. that nets the school diss track more than $21 million much the university has big plans for the sight they plan to building a residential retail and recreation space that includes a lab and research office space, approval on rezoning the site is expected this thursday. >> good news for new jersey teachers. the state assembly passing a bill that delays the use of standardized tests to evaluate them. unions that represent teachers and school administrators say the process has been rushed and schools need more time to implement the program. the tests have been scheduled for students in grades three to 11 beginning in the year 2014-15 school year but the bill now awaits action by a state senate committee. >> police in new castle county need your help tonight. they are searching for a missing 21 year old man. christian figueroa was last seen after midnight in the unit block of auburn drive. family members say left his home after an argument and has not been seen since. there's concern for
drexel purchasing university city high school in west philadelphia. that nets the school diss track more than $21 million much the university has big plans for the sight they plan to building a residential retail and recreation space that includes a lab and research office space, approval on rezoning the site is expected this thursday. >> good news for new jersey teachers. the state assembly passing a bill that delays the use of standardized tests to evaluate them. unions that represent...
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. >> i was sitting on the couch and this is one of my first memories of just being a philadelphia sports fan. that hurt me so bad. joe carter hits the game winning home run. >> curt schilling. >> a young curt schilling. >> thirty towns lighter. >> wow, look at that. >> that does bring back tons of memories. >> i remember lenny dykstra was so great that year after they got him from the mets. mickey more dean i played. >> micky morandini, darren dalton was heart and soul of that team. great team. >> that was quite a world series. >> good times. >> that game six i was hurt, i was scared forever. >> which one was high scoring game, 14-15 game. >> was that the one you got. >> yes. >> i was there with you. >> yes. >> i said come on, billy. >> that is right. >> good performance. >> thank you for that. >> no problem. >> do you guys really love their shoes. what sit about ladies and their shoes. >> i can't explain it. >> i can explain it because jennifer weiner explained tonight her book with her shoes. they always fit. you can go up and down in clothes size but your shoes always fit. >> a new su
. >> i was sitting on the couch and this is one of my first memories of just being a philadelphia sports fan. that hurt me so bad. joe carter hits the game winning home run. >> curt schilling. >> a young curt schilling. >> thirty towns lighter. >> wow, look at that. >> that does bring back tons of memories. >> i remember lenny dykstra was so great that year after they got him from the mets. mickey more dean i played. >> micky morandini, darren...
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it is back here in philadelphia, philadelphia soccer club in the northeast 9:00 to 10:00. heather mits.com to sign up. >> it is just across the street. >> thank you. >> welcome fill will a. >> u.s.a., u.s.a., u.s.a. >> yes. >> renaldo has nothing on heather. >>> potentially deadly out break of the virus link to mosquitoes and it could be heading right for us, our doctor mike has what you need to know this morning and forget testing words or pictures for that matter, soon you can send a smell to your phone? new technology a new mosquito born disease has hit caribbean islands and some say it is just time before it hits us here in the u.s. >> credit mike is here, do we have to be worried about this. >> no, but i want you to say it, chicken guna. >> chickenguna. >> sound like my chicken tonight. >> chick when garlic. >> maybe. >> no. >> but it can also mean bent out of shape, why. well, this was discovered in 1952 but in the sub sahara african area where this originated, people get some ill from it, that they get bent out of shape hence the name. the good news is, everyone, th
it is back here in philadelphia, philadelphia soccer club in the northeast 9:00 to 10:00. heather mits.com to sign up. >> it is just across the street. >> thank you. >> welcome fill will a. >> u.s.a., u.s.a., u.s.a. >> yes. >> renaldo has nothing on heather. >>> potentially deadly out break of the virus link to mosquitoes and it could be heading right for us, our doctor mike has what you need to know this morning and forget testing words or pictures...
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couple more days of school for a lot of kids, i know philadelphia public schools, their last day for students is thursday. so, just a few more days left, kids. temperatures in the 60's and 70's on this muggy morning. i hope your school is air conditioned. air quality alert in effect for today because of the air pollution, well, our showers are pretty much dried up in the philadelphia area. so now we will just talk about the heat and through can see the blazing sunshine, it is up, west southeasterly winds at 7 miles an hour. 81 percent relative humidity and it is 73 degrees already. we are heading to 91. hot and humid. tonight another muggy night with lows in the 70's. so get used to it, kacie because we have changes coming in time for the weekend. >> changes coming. >> all right. >> thank you, sue. >>> we have some changes on the the roadway. we have an accident cleared from paulsboro paradise road near crown point out of your way this morning. moorestown route 38 at mount laurel road. we have an accident there. not too much slow down, although on 38 itself majors in new jersey looki
couple more days of school for a lot of kids, i know philadelphia public schools, their last day for students is thursday. so, just a few more days left, kids. temperatures in the 60's and 70's on this muggy morning. i hope your school is air conditioned. air quality alert in effect for today because of the air pollution, well, our showers are pretty much dried up in the philadelphia area. so now we will just talk about the heat and through can see the blazing sunshine, it is up, west...
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hours has in the been much, that is all in the the process of getting out of here as we look here in philadelphia, we have had rain an hour ago and that is gone. just some light rain there. watching this disturbance in the middle of the country caused a lot of tornadoes and it looks like some strong thunderstorms, moving into northern illinois, severe thunderstorm watches out there this morning. for us, it is hot and humid, 73 degrees, 72 in wildwood. sixty-five in mount pocono. as we go right along the beach to take we expect a sea breeze so that will give us relief. 15 degrees warmer then it was yesterday, when we talk about so comfortable and great. we got to 88 degrees. it felt okay because it wasn't too humid. ninety-one the high. very humid today. ninety-three on wednesday. both on of these days will feel close to a hundred, probably tomorrow with that heat index. 88 degrees on thursday with some storms and drying out on friday, comfortable temperatures over the weekend but a little bit on the unsettled side, both saturday and sunday with a slight chance of the thunderstorms both days and t
hours has in the been much, that is all in the the process of getting out of here as we look here in philadelphia, we have had rain an hour ago and that is gone. just some light rain there. watching this disturbance in the middle of the country caused a lot of tornadoes and it looks like some strong thunderstorms, moving into northern illinois, severe thunderstorm watches out there this morning. for us, it is hot and humid, 73 degrees, 72 in wildwood. sixty-five in mount pocono. as we go right...
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looking at future temperatures computer models have it at 83 in philadelphia by ten. when do we reach 90? by 1:00 in the afternoon. models have us going up to 91 or 92 for today but it will be steamy and we have to take care not to over exert yourself in this kind of of heat. sunny skies. hot and humid with a high of 81. tonight we're down to 73. it will be another muggy night with the stray shower also a possibility with weather like this. that is your weather authority, for tuesday, and the weather authority forecast, i should say. >> hey, how are you doing. >> 91 degrees, my gosh. >> thanks very much. >> this is a look at 476 right now, things looking just fine on your majors things look good there but norristown high speed line we board on the i am bound platform to radnor station weekdays 9:30 to 2:30 until the first of august. aside from that this is the only incident to look out for no accidents. we will let you when there are some. hopefully not today. >>> happening right now in burlington county residents want a bear out of there. it just alluding capture. fo
looking at future temperatures computer models have it at 83 in philadelphia by ten. when do we reach 90? by 1:00 in the afternoon. models have us going up to 91 or 92 for today but it will be steamy and we have to take care not to over exert yourself in this kind of of heat. sunny skies. hot and humid with a high of 81. tonight we're down to 73. it will be another muggy night with the stray shower also a possibility with weather like this. that is your weather authority, for tuesday, and the...
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septa and the philadelphia police department pick it up. found and arrested the man wanted for the lewd act. dr. farley says this time around the website's videos played a positive role. >> in the sense it's using our contemporary hand-held technologists to reveal important things that need to be corrected in the public sphere. >> but it's different for the images of overweight people or people with a different lifestyle that maybe seen as hurtful. >> people could be destroyed. how do you ever get back your reputation? how do you ever get back your image? >> reporter: i asked him why people post such pictures. >> the fame game. if you can get something highly unusual and post it, there's fame there. >> reporter: what should do you the next time you're on septa and see this? or this? or this? >> if you see somebody videoing talk to them and say, you know, why are you doing that? why don't you just leave this person alone. they've got enough trouble. >> the rounder of founder of the website declined to comment on camera. they've been getting
septa and the philadelphia police department pick it up. found and arrested the man wanted for the lewd act. dr. farley says this time around the website's videos played a positive role. >> in the sense it's using our contemporary hand-held technologists to reveal important things that need to be corrected in the public sphere. >> but it's different for the images of overweight people or people with a different lifestyle that maybe seen as hurtful. >> people could be...
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news in south philadelphia. all of it connected to the shooting of a 13 year old boy. skyfox is live over the 2,000 block of mountain street where two men are barricaded inside a home there. police say the men are armed. police also say they shot the 13 year old. that shooting taking place on the two thus sand block of hamburger street about a half a mile away. skyfox over that seen a short time ago. you can see police and ambulance there. police say the child was shot twice. once in the arm and once in the back side. he is in stable condition right now at chop. we have crew on the way and we will bring you the latest information as soon as we get it. >>> now to delaware county neighborhood on edge. right now, the search is on for a man who appears to be trying to lure young girls and tonight employees are warning parents and young people to be extra careful thanks for joining us. i'm iain page. >> i'm dawn timmeney. let's get straight out to fox twin's dave schratwieser live in upper darby with the story. dave?
news in south philadelphia. all of it connected to the shooting of a 13 year old boy. skyfox is live over the 2,000 block of mountain street where two men are barricaded inside a home there. police say the men are armed. police also say they shot the 13 year old. that shooting taking place on the two thus sand block of hamburger street about a half a mile away. skyfox over that seen a short time ago. you can see police and ambulance there. police say the child was shot twice. once in the arm...
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. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 5:00. >> first at 5:00 families in one local community are on alert tonight with reports of a man trying to lure young girls into his car. thanks for goings. i'm dawn tim men. >> i'm iain page. there are two instances police are aware of. let's get tout dave schratwieser live in upper darby tonight. dave. >> police have been put on alert on the look out for a driver and a specific car that was seen in two suspicious incidents recently in the same neighborhood. tonight, police want to you take look at the car and if you see anything suspicious, to call them right away. >> upper darby police are on the alert for the driver of a newer merchandise model dark colored car that investigators say has been cited in two potential child luring incidents win blocks of each other near a local middle school. >> our goal is to try and identify who this individual is so that we can check him out. >> reporter: superintendent chitwood says late last week a 12 year old girl walking near shade land and state road spot add car circling the
. >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 5:00. >> first at 5:00 families in one local community are on alert tonight with reports of a man trying to lure young girls into his car. thanks for goings. i'm dawn tim men. >> i'm iain page. there are two instances police are aware of. let's get tout dave schratwieser live in upper darby tonight. dave. >> police have been put on alert on the look out for a driver and a specific car that was seen in two...
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>> been doing this in philadelphia since january. and we did couple of festivals last year. >> hold on. you have only been doing this six months? >> yes, couple of months ago carving ice between fishtown for business, and we got a lot of love. >> wow. >> okay. >> now, what is this right here? >> you have the shepherd's pie there with more okay and side of salad and horseradish. >> so, do you do like little dipping? >> yes, slutly, because they're yum toy dip. >> now, where can we find you us. >> in fishtown, frandford and girard, every friday and saturday night until 3:00 in the morning or so. >> now, we have karen, i don't know where karen is. we have some cheese curds, oh, my gosh, we have some -- this is billy curds? >> business con sin goat. >> this is good. >> you come here. what's your name? >> wanda. >> do you eat beats? >> yes. >> would you like some pie? >> dip in, dip in. >> how is that? >> oh, i love it. >> to die for? >> okay, so, guys, thank you. the vendy cup. i'm just standing out here eating, wish were you here. >> we
>> been doing this in philadelphia since january. and we did couple of festivals last year. >> hold on. you have only been doing this six months? >> yes, couple of months ago carving ice between fishtown for business, and we got a lot of love. >> wow. >> okay. >> now, what is this right here? >> you have the shepherd's pie there with more okay and side of salad and horseradish. >> so, do you do like little dipping? >> yes, slutly, because...
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we will get a variety of temperatures here with 67 degrees in philadelphia it is a steamy 71. mug any norfolk this morning but comfortable and cool in albany. we are under the influence of the cooler air with 58 degrees in pottstown and allentown. 54 degrees in pound pocono. your seven day 88 today. ninety and humid tomorrow. ninety-two and hot and humid on wednesday with poppably both days. we have more in storm for thursday. here we go in the middle of the week. this time it could linger in the weekend with the possibility of sunshine and possibility of thunderstorms both saturday and on sunday. summer officially begins on saturday. is there your seven day forecast from the weather authority. kacie is off today, we will check traffic right now in chester, there is a disabled truck on i-95 northbound, it is partially blocking the on ramp to highland avenue. this is going to make a mess on i-95. if you are coming back to the shore, from the shore i should say, we have some congestion, this morning, on the 42 freeway northbound from the atlantic city expressway on up. so it may
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. >>> gunfire erupts in a north philadelphia bar overnight. police say one customer shot another customer at this bar around 1:00 o'clock last night. victim was struck in the leg and taken to the hospital in stable condition. police are looking for to that shooter. there is no word on why this violent confrontation occurred, and in one else was hurt. >>> just blocks away he a police involved shooting left one person critically injured and another wounded in the arm this happened yesterday afternoon in north philadelphia during a fathers day block party. police say two men appear to have been shooting at one another when a officer pulled up. that overs fired his weapon, and he may have struck one or both of those two men. internal affairs is investigating and police say the investigation is preliminary. >>> 60:00 46789 happening right now, trains are running on septa's regional rails following a week even strike that got attention of president owe bam. >>> fox 29's steve keeley is live in center city with the details on this this might be just
. >>> gunfire erupts in a north philadelphia bar overnight. police say one customer shot another customer at this bar around 1:00 o'clock last night. victim was struck in the leg and taken to the hospital in stable condition. police are looking for to that shooter. there is no word on why this violent confrontation occurred, and in one else was hurt. >>> just blocks away he a police involved shooting left one person critically injured and another wounded in the arm this...
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gunfire erupt at a north philadelphia bar. one customer shot another customer at mars loves two around 1:00 the the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. police are looking for that shooter n word on why the violent confrontation occurred but no one else was hurt. >>> with the little push from the president himself, septa regional rails are back on track following a day long strike. fox 29's steve keeley is live in center city with the details on this steve, real quickly do you write anchor intros and put in back on track because it is always very clever as always. >> reporter: i suggest some of them but that is cecelia's doing so give her all of the credit here. >> okay. >> reporter: i think working without the contract is a new normal in this new economy in this country because we had fire fighters working without a contract. they are not allowed to strike until a judge forced the city to implement a contract. then we had teachers. remember we were worried in the fall teachers aren't going to go to work. they
gunfire erupt at a north philadelphia bar. one customer shot another customer at mars loves two around 1:00 the the victim was taken to the hospital in stable condition. police are looking for that shooter n word on why the violent confrontation occurred but no one else was hurt. >>> with the little push from the president himself, septa regional rails are back on track following a day long strike. fox 29's steve keeley is live in center city with the details on this steve, real...
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we had gunfire erupting at a north philadelphia bar. police say one customer was shot and another was at a 1:00 this morning. three hours ago. victim was struck in the leg and taken to the hospital in stable condition. police are still looking for the shooter, there is in word what led to the violent confrontation but nobody else was hurt. >>> thousands of septa riders are feeling that relief this morning after regional rail workers decided to end their strike due to help from the government before the start of another commuter workweek. lets get out to steve keeley with all of the details on that good morning, steve. >> reporter: that decision was made for them. they were forced back to work by federal law. we have talk about in the springtime when the septa bus drivers were going to go on strike that the rail workers were not allowed to join them because of the railway act. that is why the the president ended their strike on saturday. so monday through friday commuters will never have even noticed the strike and been out of their dail
we had gunfire erupting at a north philadelphia bar. police say one customer was shot and another was at a 1:00 this morning. three hours ago. victim was struck in the leg and taken to the hospital in stable condition. police are still looking for the shooter, there is in word what led to the violent confrontation but nobody else was hurt. >>> thousands of septa riders are feeling that relief this morning after regional rail workers decided to end their strike due to help from the...
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center city philadelphia coming in at 78 degrees. this is live shot from right outside our old market studios. maining seeing temperatures in the 70s. some of us have cooled quickly. 64 in pottstown. 68 in allentown. 66 in millville. some of us hanging on to the 70s and i think we all fall down into the low to mid 60s by tomorrow morning. clear skies overhead tonight and we'll be greeted with sunshine early monday morning. as i said temperatures will start off in the 60s. comfortable for your monday and while it will still ab very nice day it will start to feel warm especially north and west as think core of very hot air starts to move in. mid to upper 80s by tomorrow afternoon. certainly still going to be cooler down the shore. 65 in the city tonight. 60 in the suburbs under clear skies. much more on this warmup is still ahead. dawn and chris. >> all right. thank you, caitlin. >>> remembering entertainment icon casey kasem. the radio legend died this morning at 82. he was surrounded by his loved ones. he was born kamal kasem in 1932
center city philadelphia coming in at 78 degrees. this is live shot from right outside our old market studios. maining seeing temperatures in the 70s. some of us have cooled quickly. 64 in pottstown. 68 in allentown. 66 in millville. some of us hanging on to the 70s and i think we all fall down into the low to mid 60s by tomorrow morning. clear skies overhead tonight and we'll be greeted with sunshine early monday morning. as i said temperatures will start off in the 60s. comfortable for your...
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in philadelphia's fair hills section tonight. two people are in the hospital, one in critical condition. police say one of those men may have been hit by an officer's bullet. >>> thanks for joining us, at 6:00. i'm chris o'connell. joyce evans has the night off. >>> the father's day shooting happened along the 3200 block of north randolph street. fox 29 sabina, live at the scene, in fairhill. sabina, what do you know? >> reporter: chris there is was a father's day block party interrupted by gunfire. you can see what's left of the celebration, just behind this police tape. fire fight verse actually just arrived on scene t appears they're helping officers got to the roof of the building. offers verse been out here all investigating looking for bullet casings. police say it happened before 3:30, an officer witness the two people, on the 3200 block of randolph street, shooting at each other, the officer opened fire, it appears he shot and wounded the two men, and another man, companion of one of the alleged gunmen, was not hurt. one
in philadelphia's fair hills section tonight. two people are in the hospital, one in critical condition. police say one of those men may have been hit by an officer's bullet. >>> thanks for joining us, at 6:00. i'm chris o'connell. joyce evans has the night off. >>> the father's day shooting happened along the 3200 block of north randolph street. fox 29 sabina, live at the scene, in fairhill. sabina, what do you know? >> reporter: chris there is was a father's day block...
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keep it here, your >>> live from center city in philadelphia. this is "fox 29 news" at 10:00. >>> less than 24 hours after septa engineers walked off the job, president obama intervenes watch it means regional rail service will be up and running tomorrow morning. >>> thanks for joining us, i'm chris o'connell. joyce evans is off tonight. word came from the white house just after 7:00. a presidential emergency board has been formed which bridges an end to the work stoppage at 12:01 tomorrow morning, fox 29's dave kinchen is live in center city, thon story all day, dave, no doubt, commuters s are breathing a sigh of relief tonight. >> you can stay again, they are absolutely thrilled by this news, it all started with the request from governor tom corbett, asking the white house to get involved, president obama heard that request, he got involved, now the first scheduled trains will be rolling out tomorrow morning. >> i don't know what i am going to do on monday. if i have to go to work and a strike. >> has been following the septa strike which para
keep it here, your >>> live from center city in philadelphia. this is "fox 29 news" at 10:00. >>> less than 24 hours after septa engineers walked off the job, president obama intervenes watch it means regional rail service will be up and running tomorrow morning. >>> thanks for joining us, i'm chris o'connell. joyce evans is off tonight. word came from the white house just after 7:00. a presidential emergency board has been formed which bridges an end to the...
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the athletes left in buses with philadelphia police escorts. and while that was going on, thousands of other athletes flew into philadelphia, trenton and newark today for the games. they were all greeted with quite a welcome. as fox 29's drew dickman shows us. >> reporter: athletes from across the country traveled in style to the 2014 special olympics usa games in new jers jersey. >> they're getting treated like world class athletes they should. when they land they won't touch their baggage until they get to their dorm room. no different when peyton manning was here for the super bowl the same vip treatment. >> amy williams of dublin ohio was the first off the plane. red carpet and large welcome committee greeted her and the others representing the buck eye state. >> awesome having all them people. >> reporter: private jets kept coming landing every few minutes at the cessna citation special olympics airlift at the trenton mercer airport. >> our customers are volunteering they're aircrafts, their crews, or sometimes owners themselves are flying
the athletes left in buses with philadelphia police escorts. and while that was going on, thousands of other athletes flew into philadelphia, trenton and newark today for the games. they were all greeted with quite a welcome. as fox 29's drew dickman shows us. >> reporter: athletes from across the country traveled in style to the 2014 special olympics usa games in new jers jersey. >> they're getting treated like world class athletes they should. when they land they won't touch their...
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dry for now in the philadelphia area. but to the west, you can see in chester county still watching a few lingering showers and some of this activity moving out of the lehigh valley as well as the pocono mountains. but where you see the orange where you see the yellow that's the intent is the so still some heavy rain right now in sections of northampton county. otherwise we're drying out in sussex county and southern delaware. a few leftover showers perhaps a rumble of thunder right now down the shore. the culprit all week long has been this front. out ahead of it it's warm, it's muggy but behind it, yeah, we're looking at drier air moving in with the wind shift much winds will be out of the north and west that will be a drying win as we move into the upcoming weekend. so for the overnight, a few leftover showers perhaps rumble of thunder. otherwise it stays mild for the overnight. then for saturday, clearing skies, lowering relative humidity values and turning comfortable and what about father's day? mostly sunny. get ou
dry for now in the philadelphia area. but to the west, you can see in chester county still watching a few lingering showers and some of this activity moving out of the lehigh valley as well as the pocono mountains. but where you see the orange where you see the yellow that's the intent is the so still some heavy rain right now in sections of northampton county. otherwise we're drying out in sussex county and southern delaware. a few leftover showers perhaps a rumble of thunder right now down...
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. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >> and first at sick your weather authority. a live look at ultimate doppler radar. one round of storms moved through the region just about an hour ago. and brace yourself a second round is on the way. thanks for joining us i'm dawn timmeney. i'm iain page. let's get right over touchy choi. >> good evening iain and dawn. we're not out of the clear just yet. round one is moving into central and southern sections of new jersey so little bit of a break right now for the philadelphia area as well as north and west. there's another little batch of showers trying to move back into northern berks county as well lancaster counties. but zooming in right now, you can see down the atlantic city expressway, moving into central sections of atlantic county, some moderate showers and thunderstorms also toward southern sections of cumberland county in particular toward the fortescue area watching out for some very heavy rainfall right now as indicated by the red on the radar. so here's the first line. here's the second line and here'
. ♪ >> live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6:00. >> and first at sick your weather authority. a live look at ultimate doppler radar. one round of storms moved through the region just about an hour ago. and brace yourself a second round is on the way. thanks for joining us i'm dawn timmeney. i'm iain page. let's get right over touchy choi. >> good evening iain and dawn. we're not out of the clear just yet. round one is moving into central and southern...
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philadelphia catching a break. but you can see toward millville, winslow get ready for some moderate to heavy rainfall with these showers and storms. and look at this. in the low 70s right now for the philadelphia area. so rain cooled but that humidity still pretty uncomfortable right in you at 81% and winds are out of the south at about 7 miles per hour. as we talk about what's happening, out ahead of this cold front, we have winds out of the south pumping in that moisture. the humidity and here's the first line of showers and storms. that's moving through but take look to the west. we have another line appears to be weakening a bit but as we put a storm track on this particular line, it should be arriving toward the philadelphia area close to 10:00 o'clock if it holds together. but in between, there will be a few more pop up showers and storms. so as we roll the clock, you can see by 7:00 still looking at scatter activity. moving back toward lancaster and chester county. by 8:00 o'clock and then back toward phila
philadelphia catching a break. but you can see toward millville, winslow get ready for some moderate to heavy rainfall with these showers and storms. and look at this. in the low 70s right now for the philadelphia area. so rain cooled but that humidity still pretty uncomfortable right in you at 81% and winds are out of the south at about 7 miles per hour. as we talk about what's happening, out ahead of this cold front, we have winds out of the south pumping in that moisture. the humidity and...
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that is why philadelphia, that is why this country is the way it is. it is where convention started. they throw you in. it is like getting thrown to the wolves. this country is set up by a cock fight. they throw new there. they tell to you to weekend update, no material. watching chris christie dancing with jimmy fallon. >> oh, yeah. >> and then cute two-year old kid, try to follow that. >> they throw the the kid in doing the the weather and doing the news. >> it is true. >> and then right before my segment they go wait a minute, are you up next or ricky gervais. he is not on tv enough. lets get ricky gervais in there. my show is about constitution about ricky gervais being kicked out of this country and here he is, following me, the whole thing fell apart is what i'm saying. they are bringing him back. then making big money. i'm getting a one minute segmented or eric cantor and kim kardashian's wedding. >> colin quinn, you you can see him, of course, philadelphia theater company, on broad street. it will be a great show. thank you. that was totally, t
that is why philadelphia, that is why this country is the way it is. it is where convention started. they throw you in. it is like getting thrown to the wolves. this country is set up by a cock fight. they throw new there. they tell to you to weekend update, no material. watching chris christie dancing with jimmy fallon. >> oh, yeah. >> and then cute two-year old kid, try to follow that. >> they throw the the kid in doing the the weather and doing the news. >> it is...
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seventy-two in philadelphia 71 atlantic city. lower 70's every where except poconos where it is 55, and trenton 69. here is your weekend getaway, 77 degrees. down the shore our average temperature on saturday sitting right there on the beach will be delightful. ocean water temperature 67, better. fathers daze lots of sunshine/of 79 degrees and your weekend getaway for poconos 73 degrees saturday, beautiful sunny day and a chilly morning on sunday but then we will recover to a high of 78 during the day in the mountains. so, ten's here, ten's in the mountains. ten's at the shore. just enjoy yourself, kacie. >> ten, ten, ten, ten. >> here's kacie. >> making a get way for beach shore or ocean, whatever you call it 73 at ac expressway things clear. same thing for great egg harbor toll plaza, things look good, just remember 495, extra volume, get out early. ninety-five only slight slow down, things looking good on the majors, people are not heading anywhere northbound side of 42, and at 130. we have an accident moved to the right shoul
seventy-two in philadelphia 71 atlantic city. lower 70's every where except poconos where it is 55, and trenton 69. here is your weekend getaway, 77 degrees. down the shore our average temperature on saturday sitting right there on the beach will be delightful. ocean water temperature 67, better. fathers daze lots of sunshine/of 79 degrees and your weekend getaway for poconos 73 degrees saturday, beautiful sunny day and a chilly morning on sunday but then we will recover to a high of 78 during...
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but if you are up to the north of philadelphia you are seeing some rain. we have cleared out for a moment in the city. it looks like mount laurel is getting heavy rain there right around 295 and up toward allentown and little further are north of that in mount pocono heavy rain falling there as well, as you go to bush kill falls on the way to the poconos it is raining there too. as far as the shore is concern cape may county seems okay but right along the expressway in atlantic county we are getting areas of heavy rain as well. we will go through rest of the day and we will see by nine or 10:00 we have a few peaks of sunshine throughout the clouds. hazy sun. it is so humid out. and then by noon pop up showers and thunderstorms, isolated and sunshine when it is in the raining but more sun we will get, the more chance we have of getting intense thunderstorms later in the day through seven or 8:00, your ride tour weekend getaway could be messy this evening, depending on where those storms pop up. we have had flood advisory in effect, and brandywine creek, eas
but if you are up to the north of philadelphia you are seeing some rain. we have cleared out for a moment in the city. it looks like mount laurel is getting heavy rain there right around 295 and up toward allentown and little further are north of that in mount pocono heavy rain falling there as well, as you go to bush kill falls on the way to the poconos it is raining there too. as far as the shore is concern cape may county seems okay but right along the expressway in atlantic county we are...